Word Summary
perithesis: a putting around
Original Word: περίθεσιςTransliteration: perithesis
Phonetic Spelling: (per-ith'-es-is)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a putting around
Meaning: a putting around
Strong's Concordance
wearing.
From peritithemi; a putting all around, i.e. Decorating oneself with -- wearing.
see GREEK peritithemi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4025: περίθεσιςπερίθεσις,
περιθέσεως,
ἡ (
περιτίθημι), the act of
putting around (
περί, III. 1) (
Vulg.circumdatio (
A. V. wearing)):
περιθέσεως χρυσίων κόσμος, the adornment consisting of the golden ornaments wont to be plied around the head or the body,
1 Peter 3:3. ((
Arrian 7, 22),
Galen,
Sextus Empiricus, others.)